Tool Swung About Freely Shiftable Or Delayed Pivot Patents (Class 172/480)
  • Wire neutralization system
    Patent number: 9557146
    Abstract: A wire neutralizing system for use with a vehicle including a frame adapted to be hitched to a vehicle. At least one wheel supports the frame while a bottom of the wheel rolls over terrain having buried wires. The system also includes a blade movable between a stowed position in which the blade is above the bottom of the wheel and a deployed position in which the blade is below the bottom of the wheel, such that the blade plows through the terrain to disable buried wires when in the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, THE U.S. ARMY TANK AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER (TARDEC)
    Inventors: Scott A. Bradley, Jason M. Wiitanen, Timothy B. Smigowski, John T. Niemeyer, Andrew Culkin